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Reply to: Letter on “Objective and subjective financial burden and health-related quality of life among lung cancer patients” by Joohyun Park

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  1. Department of Social Work & Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Jieling Elaine Chen & Vivian W. Q. Lou

  2. Center for Health Technology Assessment, Shanghai Jiao Tong University China Hospital Development Institute, Shanghai, China

    Jieling Elaine Chen & Yaping He

  3. Sau Po Centre on Ageing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Jieling Elaine Chen & Vivian W. Q. Lou

  4. Department of Oncology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

    Hong Jian

  5. School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 227 South Chongqing Road, Shanghai, 200025, China

    Yaping He

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Chen, J.E., Lou, V.W.Q., Jian, H. et al. Reply to: Letter on “Objective and subjective financial burden and health-related quality of life among lung cancer patients” by Joohyun Park. Support Care Cancer 27, 331–332 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-018-4562-x

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